Shloka 49
अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः
Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’
एतां बुद्धि समास्थाय सुखमास्ते गुणान्वित: । सर्वान् कामान् जुगुप्सेत कामान् कुर्वीत पृष्ठत:
etāṁ buddhiṁ samāsthāya sukham āste guṇānvitaḥ | sarvān kāmān jugupset kāmān kurvīta pṛṣṭhataḥ ||
Fondé sur cette intelligence, l’homme pourvu de la vertu du renoncement demeure en paix. Qu’il éprouve donc du dégoût pour tous les plaisirs des sens et qu’il laisse les désirs derrière lui : qu’il s’en détourne au lieu de les suivre.
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
Happiness and steadiness arise from adopting right discernment (buddhi) and cultivating detachment: one should actively avoid sense-driven desires and turn away from them, treating them as something to be left behind.
In the Shanti Parva’s instructional discourse, a Brahmana speaker continues ethical teaching, advising that a person who embraces this insight lives peacefully by rejecting and distancing oneself from desires and pleasures.